Ages 9-10: Art Exploration
Instructor: Lia ter Heide
Saturdays 1-3pm
8 weeks: January 25 to Mar 15
Location: In-person Williams Building room 243
$275 (supplies included)
Please bring a water bottle, snacks, and work shirt
In this class, children will be offered many opportunities to explore their creativity and learn and develop new skills in the visual arts in a fun and supportive environment. Through a wide variety of media and tools, students will gain knowledge and skills in a way that engages, challenges, and inspires them. Topics will include:
- Getting to know our materials
- Drawing: line, shape, value, and negative space
- Painting: color, form, space, and texture
- Sculpture: form and space
- Mixed media: texture, stamps, and collage
- Composition
- Getting to know our ideas
- Drawing: subject matter and how to find and explore it
- Painting: what do you want to paint?
- Sculpture: an animal, person, or creature of your own creation using various media
- Mixed media: adding props and environments to your figurative work
- Collaboration
Please note that the instructor repeats the same art processes each term, but with different projects.